Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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A Blossoming Cultural Scene
The Victorian thirst for self-improv...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Viking timeline
793 – Viking raiders attack Li...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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The Romans Arrive
York ’s history truly be...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Guildhall
- York and the Holocaust
- Trams Pulled by Horses
- Bootham Bar
- The Abbot's House
- Anglian Burial Vessel
- York and Ripon Diocesan Training School for Masters
- Mithras and Arimanius
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Anglian Carving
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- A Pipkin
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The York Observatory
- Scarborough Bridge